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Mini space thruster that runs on water
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Being able to electrolyse water on-the-spot seems interesting, its energy inefficient but serves a similar role to ion thrusters I guess
It might actually be more efficient than keeping cyrogenic hydrogen cooled if the mission takes multiple decades and you don't need the fuel most of the time - for example in a Pluto orbiter
Yeah, cooling needs energy, could be very useful for very small satellites